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UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE SNYDER, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO GEORGE E.

' KRAUSE, OF SAME PLACE.

FOLDING OR BED LOUNGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 236,727, dated January18, 1881.

Application filed March 18, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE SNYDER, of thecity of Indianapolis, county of Marion, and State of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding or Bed Lounges,of which the following is a specifica tion.

The object of my invention is to provide the folding part of an ordinarybed-lounge with a set of strong serviceable feet for supporting the samewhen the lounge is open, and to provide the permanent part with asuitable slot or opening to receive said feet when the lounge is closed,which is accomplished as hereinafter more particularly set forth.

Referring to the drawings, which are made a part hereof, Figure 1 is atop or plan view of the frame of my improved bed-lounge when open. Fig.2 is a front elevation thereof, showing by means of dotted lines theposition of the parts when closed; Fig. 3, an elevation of the lowerend, and Fig. 4 a transverse vertical section of the closed lounge onthe dotted line :20 :r.

In said drawings, the portions marked A represent the frame-work orrigid portions of the main part; B, the similar portions of the foldingpart, which is hinged to the main part in any ordinary or approvedmanner; 0, hinges connecting the two said parts together; D D, two feet,preferably connected together by a bar, E, and hinged to the front railof the folding part, in the manner shown; F, hinges connecting the feetto said rail; G, a hasp or button for fastening the feet D to theframework B, and H a slot or opening in the frame A.

As before indicated, my invention principally consists in so attachingfeet to the foldin g part of a bedlounge that, while they serve thepurpose of supporting it when the lounge is open, they shall be receivedinto a recess or opening in the permanent partso as to be out of sightwhen the lounge is closed. To this end the hinges F are so attached tothe feet I) (No model.)

and frame-work B that said feet may swing from a vertically-downwardposition, as when in use, to an upright position, as when the lounge isabout to be closed, or about one hundred and eighty degrees. An opening,H, is formed in the main part of the lounge, near to its back, throughwhich the feet D descend in closing the lounge, as shown in Fig. 4, andthus this object of my invention is attained. Theslot H also serves toreceive the edges of the bed-clothing when the lounge is in use as abed, and thus one very common inconven-v ience of bed-lounges isavoided.

There may be one or more of the fastening devices G, and they may bevariously attached, the only purpose being to secure the feet D rigidlyin position when the lounge is open.

By reason of the secure manner of attaching the feet D, which rendersthem rigid when in use, and their adaptability to be inclosed out ofsight when the lounge is closed up, casters D may be applied thereto,thus enabling the lounge to be easily moved about when it is open, aswell as when it is closed.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a bed-lounge, the combination of a permanent part provided with aslot or opening, H, and a folding part hinged to said permanent part,and having supporting-feet hinged thereto, said slot being for thepurpose of receiving the feet of the folding part when the lounge isclosed and the edges of the bedclothing when it is open, substantiallyas set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Indianapolis,Indiana, this 15th day of March, A. D. 1880.

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Witnesses U. BRADFORD, WM. J. MILLNER.

